"The Vatican report said that at an annual gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, guest speakers who preached "radical feminism" went unchallenged. The report also said the nuns were too focused on social justice and not enough on opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage."

*emphasis mine

So, in other words, they were focused too much on being actual Christians, and too little on being unofficial mouthpieces for the right wing.

I wonder how many states could close their budget gaps if they sent back-dated tax bills to each diocese?

There's not much they can do if they stay in the Church. It's sad.

Hmm. "Guys, there's a lot of focus on the sex scandals. Let's make up something stupid to distract everyone. I know, let's make the women look worse than we are."

"Sounds great!"

Grand_Moff_Joseph: "The Vatican report said that at an annual gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, guest speakers who preached "radical feminism" went unchallenged. The report also said the nuns were too focused on social justice and not enough on opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage."

*emphasis mine

So, in other words, they were focused too much on being actual Christians, and too little on being unofficial mouthpieces for the right wing.

I wonder how many states could close their budget gaps if they sent back-dated tax bills to each diocese?

My brain came to a screeching halt there, too. WTF?

Maybe the nuns will start the American Reformation Period.

ecmoRandomNumbers: Maybe the nuns will start the American Reformation Period.

...cue PMS jokes.

Begun, the nun wars have

/never piss off a penguin

Aww, isn't that cute, the women think they have a say in a patriarchal organization that they volunteered for.

If the Vatican hates it, that means there's a good chance it'll be something I approve of. Power to the sisters.

ginandbacon: There's not much they can do if they stay in the Church. It's sad.

Maybe they can splinter from the Catholic church and form a matriarchal type of Christian church. You know, like the Catholic church, only with a more feminine touch.

Hey Pope Hitler: You can either get with the times and act like a socially responsible human being, or you can fade into oblivion, kicking and screaming the entire way down. Your choice.

Cythraul: ginandbacon: There's not much they can do if they stay in the Church. It's sad.

Maybe they can splinter from the Catholic church and form a matriarchal type of Christian church. You know, like the Catholic church, only with a more feminine touch.

I would consider joining that church and I'm an atheist.

Cythraul: You know, like the Catholic church, only with a more feminine touch

Yea, the masculine touch seemed to be in all the wrong places...

scottydoesntknow: Cythraul: You know, like the Catholic church, only with a more feminine touch

Yea, the masculine touch seemed to be in all the wrong places...



(applause)

Grand_Moff_Joseph: "The Vatican report said that at an annual gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, guest speakers who preached "radical feminism" went unchallenged. The report also said the nuns were too focused on social justice and not enough on opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage."

*emphasis mine

So, in other words, they were focused too much on being actual Christians, and too little on being unofficial mouthpieces for the right wing.

I wonder how many states could close their budget gaps if they sent back-dated tax bills to each diocese?

I'm pretty sure something in my brain broke when I read that bit of the article. I'm a godless heathen and their sheer self-serving arrogance and anti-Christian stance offended me. I don't even have a dog in this fight and they pissed me off.

susansto-helit: I don't even have a dog god in this fight and they pissed me off.

FTFY :)

I have a lot of respect for the Nuns when they decided that morality was more important than political maneuvering.

scottydoesntknow: susansto-helit: I don't even have a dog god in this fight and they pissed me off.

FTFY :)

Win!

When Jesus mentioned the poor:
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." (Luke 18:22)


When Jesus mentioned gays/abortion/euthanasia:
__________________________


/The Bible, how does it work?

Cythraul: ginandbacon: There's not much they can do if they stay in the Church. It's sad.

Maybe they can splinter from the Catholic church and form a matriarchal type of Christian church. You know, like the Catholic church, only with a more feminine touch.

I'm speaking from very limited experience, so feel free to correct me if needed:

On a recent trip to London, I went to Sunday services twice - once at Westminster Abbey, and again at a little local church near the hotel. Both times, I thoroughly enjoyed the service, and found the sermons to be engaging and extremely relevant. I left feeling a lot like the church you describe above - more matriarchal than authoritarian, almost with a lighter touch.

...but maybe I'm just looking at it as an outsider...*shrugs*

The Vatican report said that at an annual gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, guest speakers who preached "radical feminism" went unchallenged. The report also said the nuns were too focused on social justice and not enough on opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage.

You know what, Vatican, Catholic social teaching is the last remaining aspect of your faith that is redeemable in many people's eyes. Stop farking up something that makes your tradition great (and for which many priests have given their lives). Morans.

I think the Vatican is looking at U.S. movies to determine what Nunery is like in the U.S. now:

This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

Cythraul: Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

Just one?

Cythraul: Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

He said "corrupt", not "awesome".

Cythraul: Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

Or that one who stole the Apple of Eden to unify the Templar rule and bring an end to the assassins.

scottydoesntknow: Cythraul: Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

Or that one who stole the Apple of Eden to unify the Templar rule and bring an end to the assassins.

That guy was an asshole. How did he have so much health? It took forever to bring him down. Twice.

Nadie_AZ: scottydoesntknow: Cythraul: Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

Or that one who stole the Apple of Eden to unify the Templar rule and bring an end to the assassins.

That guy was an asshole. How did he have so much health? It took forever to bring him down. Twice.

Not if you play on monkey mode.

/plays for the story, not for the buttoning

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Not if you play on monkey mode.

/plays for the story, not for the buttoning

Story? Buttoning? Monkey mode? I'm afraid I'm lost. It didn't matter what approach I took, the dude's clothing is stronger than steel and his ban hammer was mighty.

Hopefully the Catholic parishioners will turn en masse and start tithing to the nuns directly.

Cythraul: Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

Besides this one? Probably.

Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

He still can't hold a candle to Alexander VI, John XII, or Benedict IX. Might be up there in the list, though.

Hopefully the nuns have a big, loud schism right in front of God and everybody.

Then we break up what remains of the Church, put all those pedos and their protectors in jail and take the money they have extorted or outright stolen over the years and fix some problems.

Nadie_AZ: This pope is going to go down as one of the most corrupt they've had. And they've had a lot of em. Damn this dude is dirty.

Not even close. In the scheme of some of the really bad popes, Benedict is squeaky clean.

/Seriously, there was a pope who dug up his predecessor's corpse and put the rotting corpse on trial which ended with the corpse being "executed" again.

Joey the Rat is crapping all over the work of his predecessor. But in the process, restoring Pope to its rightful place as one of the single most reviled offices in the world. Nice work Joey.

Pope Benedict XVI, a theologian by training, was the head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith for decades before he was elevated to papacy.

If I didn't think he totally would, I'd tell the Pope to farkin suck it.

Not to be pedantic, but sisters and nuns are not the same thing. Nuns are cloistered while sisters are not. There are also different vows.


The religious women in question are sisters, not nuns.

The only meat a priest will eat on Sunday is nun.

/codename hardhat

"The report also said the nuns were too focused on social justice and not enough on opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage."

And lo, Jesus spake unto those gathered at the foot of the Mount and sayeth "Fark the poor, don't let them gays get married." and the people rejoiced.

Cythraul: I'm not so sure about that. Wasn't there a Pope that was thought to be a secret Satan worshiper, and regularly hosted orgies?

You'll need to narrow that down a bit. Say by century.

21st farking century and organized Skygoddery still has this much power...oh Atlantis....

Don't mess with the Amercian Nuns. I sure as hell wish they were in charge of the Church. I thinks it helps they are so seperated by the group think that happens in the Vatican.
/I have a Nun as my mentor in Criminal Justice. She actually studied and taught the class for decades.

Q. How many references to nuns are made in the Bible?

A. Nun

Thank you, I'll be here all week. Please tip your waitress.

stpauler: scottydoesntknow: susansto-helit: I don't even have a dog god in this fight and they pissed me off.

FTFY :)

Win!

When Jesus mentioned the poor:
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." (Luke 18:22)


When Jesus mentioned gays/abortion/euthanasia:
__________________________


/The Bible, how does it work?

Good Catholics do not read the Bible, they listen to what the Church makes up and tells them is in the Bible. Fundies make stuff up and tell themselves it's in the Bible. Fooling yourself, how does that work?

Guidette Frankentits: Q. How many references to nuns are made in the Bible?

A. Nun


Same number as the times Jesus condemned homosexuality.

Meanwhile Jesus mentions helping the poor and the dangers of greed literally hundreds of times

I hate these false prophets. The Catholic Church is an agent of Satan.

Sisters be doin' it for themselves?

The Catholic Church is an exceptional example of the old saying "There's a sucker born every minute."

At least they're not molesting children like the priests...